O32 Asymptomatic neurosyphilis is unlikely in hiv infected patients after treatment for early syphilis with benzathine penicillin g
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Neurosyphilis after treatment of latent syphilis with benzathine penicillin.
Two patients developed neurosyphilis after treatment of latent syphilis with intramuscular benzathine penicillin. The cases confirm recent investigations that show that neither benzathine penicillin nor procaine penicillin in the standard doses results in treponemicidal concentrations of penicillin in cerebrospinal fluid. Neurosyphilis can be treated effectively by intravenous benzylpenicillin ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1368-4973,1472-3263
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.32